COFFMAN v. ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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615 S.W.3d 888 (2021)

Carolyn COFFMAN, et al. v. ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Filed January 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. King , John W. Elder , and Lindsey M. Collins , Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Clark Reliance Corporation, Jerguson Gage and Valve Division, Dezurik, Inc., and Flowserve Corporation, f/k/a The Duriron Company, Inc.

James A. Beakes, III , and B. Hartman Knight , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Armstrong International, Inc.

James E. Wagner , Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Ingersoll-Rand Company.

Jessalyn H. Zeigler , Sarah B. Miller , and Scott D. Gallisdorfer , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Neles-Jamesbury, Inc. and Metso Automation USA, Inc.

Joshua A. Wolfe , Knoxville, Tennessee, Alan S. Zelkowitz and Scott D. Stephenson , Pro Hac Vice, Chicago, Illinois, for the appellant, The William Powell Company.

Hugh B. Bright, Jr. and C. Gavin Shepherd , Knoxville, Tennessee, and Steven G. Carlson , Pro Hac Vice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the appellant, Fisher Controls, International, LLC.

H. Douglas Nichol , Knoxville, Tennessee, Donald Capparella , Nashville, Tennessee, Charles Edward Valles, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Flower Mound, Texas, for the appellees, Carolyn Coffman, Individually and for the benefit of the next of kin of Donald Coffman, deceased.

John Morris Kizer , Knoxville, Tennessee, and Mark A. Behrens , Pro Hac Vice, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae American Property Casualty Insurance Association, American Tort Reform Association, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., National Association of Manufacturers, and NFIB Small Business Legal Center.


OPINION

This is a product liability action stemming from occupational exposure to asbestos. Pertinent to this appeal, Mr. and Mrs. Coffman ("Appellees...

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